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Tea with Mussolini (Italian: Un tè con Mussolini) is a 1999 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama war film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, [2] scripted by John Mortimer, telling the story of a young Italian boy's upbringing by a circle of British and American women before and during the Second World War.
Tea with Mussolini: Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith. An orphaned Italian boy is raised amongst a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during World War II.
May 14, 1999 · Tea With Mussolini. Comedy. 117 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1999. Roger Ebert. May 14, 1999. 4 min read. How accurate “Tea with Mussolini” is, I cannot say, but it is based on the autobiography of the film director Franco Zeffirelli, who directed and co-wrote it, so we can be sure it is true to what he remembers, or wants to remember.
Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie - keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini.
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca (Charlie Lucas) just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace...
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Semi-autobiographical tale from the early life of Writer and Director Franco Zeffirelli. An illegitimate child is raised by an Englishwoman in pre-World War II Fascist Italy, part of an English community in Florence presided over by a diplomat's widow.
Nov 15, 2011 · Tea with Mussolini Official Trailer #1 - Maggie Smith Movie (1999) HD. Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers. 1.68M subscribers.
An orphaned Italian boy is raised among a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during the Second World War.
May 13, 1999 · But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini. In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace.
